Apparatus for pasteurizing substances.



B. D. WHITE. APPARATUS ron PASTEURIZING SUBSTANCES.

APPLICATION FILED APR. II, 1913.

Patentd June 29, 1915.

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of the invention, such as will -.enahle others skililed the art to which it epperta-ins to make and use the same.

This invention is charraoterizedby ob- .j-eet to enable reflective pasteurizatltm 01f or oflher substances in an inexpensive manner and While contained in the receptacles which the milk or other substances is crane ordinarily delivered.

A further 'ob'ect is the pasteurization of mil-k While in the delivery bottles and d1sposed in the delivery eases;

With :these and other objects View, .as will hereinaifiter part We mppanent, andv in part be stated, the invention comprises certain novel'oonstruotions, combinations and arrangements of parts as will be subsequently disclosed and .olaimed,

' i "as beer and the-Lik heetfthe lieu-id while contamed in bottles by "media in sufficient J mining the dyantagesof unh-proposedep In the accompamying=drwwing,-dignre 1 1s a view in side elevation of a series of delivery crates or cases, parts being broken away and seen-in section for disclosing 1n- Fig. 2 as .a :top plan view a view ta Fig. modified embodiment. Fig.

In the pasteurization of certain -=liqiuids, it'has been proposed .to

sprinkling thereon water or other heating qmfibies and at sen =cient tempera-tore for assuring pasteurizw tion; but these apparatus have ifotmd expensive to'constructdmd 'iuneconomie in maintenance, it is iorrthe purpose of stparetus withont the objection thereto that objections invention has heenknrqdtwed. :Onebf M to the proposed apparatus ehove'mentioned is the feet that whenjwater I merely sprinkled. upon a ibo tdeitiloesmot uniformly deliver meanest-711mm, and to the end of obviating t the pres.

ent apparatus provides it!!! the delztv continuemstmamot a thin 111; or sheet constantly enveloping sfib tentialty the .en:

Specification of Letters Patent;

case 6. Each -ce-p Fig. dis a. d m

temporery coven v I and .GlbVfifttSJfialDIlitYOfWfliflr entering the \ery-ina;

Patented Referring to the accompanying drawing present invention espein multiple and by very simple :a'p-.

J neo, 1915.

by-niimereis, 1 indicates e-pen having an exterior contour adapting it to snugly fit within the conventional case 6. The pan 1 is provided with a flange 2 about its'upper edge adapted to overhang the upper edge of the respective case, with .a series of inverted cnps'haped caps 3, there being Y bottles 5 adapted to becontained in the 3 may he formed in the and the pan is formed i as many caps?) as there are j pan 1 in any suitable mannenes by being stamped from the materiel of that the :lo werjend of each ca-p. '3 is open and froely'adm its the upper end portion of the respective bottle 5. The vertical Well of each cap 3 1s periorated by a series of apertures 4 each of said apertures being V- s'heped with the wider portion of the V tor--- mmaiting snficiently below the upper end of the cap tor providing an i-mperzforate. area for surrounding the upper end portion of the respective bottle. Each bottle 5 "is sustained on the-usual crossed wi-re 'base 7 of case 6, and the parts are proportioned so as to oeu'se the-extreme upper end portion of aehhottle 5 to extend into the imperforate portion of {the respective cap 3 and to at the same time expose-the extreme portion of the neck of are considered to the direct action of the inthe' bottle :so far as contents thereof the pan, so

flux of water throughthe, apertures'e, the

larger quantities being admitted nearest the liquid level in the portions of the'neck of the bottle will re QBIYG as much Water as the shoulder of the bottle, and there will he no tendency of the streams of Water to break before distributionv as a sheet over the bottle, and thcon tents of bottle -are,- therefore, directly subjected tothe difl'used heat 1 from. the water. There is," therefore, an entireobvid bottle, so that :the upper tion :Oif a "fialflllleiltb heatthe, entirefcontentsl the rising. of heat such .cont ntsimperioretearea for the :conteinedwbottle open neekpf the bottle. w In pr fltiqe, I employ a system such asi m ed I of :any "dependence upon from lower portionsofwill be observed the-t the of each cap '3 serves as a- 7 Vin di gram in Fig; 3. 'In this :figureportion 16 emptying into a cold Wa er collection tank: 17 and controlled by valve 18.

A pipe 19 leads from the tank 11 and discharges at points above the several stacks of cases 6, pipe 19--being provided, with branch pipes, as 31 and 32, for each of the said stacks, and the-branch pipes being appropriately controlled by valves 33 and 34. A pump 21 is disposed in the length of the pipe19for maintaining the circulation from tank 11 to the stacks of cases. A pipe.

27 leads from tank 14 and extends above the stacks of cases 6, being provided with a branch, as, 23, 24,.for each stack of cases,

andeach branch is controlled by a suitable valve, as 25, 26. A pump 29 is disposed in the length of the pipe 27 for maintaining circulation therein. The liquid in tank 11 is heated in any preferred manner, as by .provided for each case 6, and the cases are steam supplied through a pipe 20 controlled by a valve 22. A pipe 35 leads from the tank 17 to a pump 36 which discharges into a tube 37, the latter extending to points above the stacks of cases 6, and being provided with a branch pipe 38, 39, for each stack, the discharge through the branch pipes being controlled by appropriate valves 40 and 41. The liquid in tank 17 may be refrigerated in any ordinary manner, as by the expansion of compressed ammonia in suitable cooling coils in thetank (not illustrated) supplied with ammonia or other cooling agent through pipes 42.

In carrying out the operation, a pan l'is superimposed with the'bottles in each lower case vertically alined with; the bottles of the I next higher case. The valves 15 and 18 are closed and the valve 12 is turned to a posi- ,tion for delivering water through the branch v10 to tank 11 and thereupon'the valves 33,

34, are opened and water thus supplied to the uppermost pans 1. Each of said uppermost pane is maintained substantially full ofwater at the requisite temperature for pasteurizing the contents of the several bottles. The water, entering through the several apertures 4,-forms and maintains a heating film or sheet about all parts of the body of the bottle, including the bottom, the

-, film or sheet converging substantially centrallyof the bottom of the bottle into a stream which strikes the top of the cap 3 of the next lower pan- The water descends through the apertures 4' of such lower cap,

and again forms a film or. sheet about the respective bottle and so descends throughout all the bottles that are alined vertically. It

will be observed that if there is any tend-v is very little tendency of this kind and that I am able to gain exceptionally eflicient results by the employment of only the upper-1 most pan and; the omission of all of the laower ones, as,for instance, as indicated in ig. 4. f

In-Fig. 4, I have not only illustrated the above suggested omission but have modified the construction of the pan as indicated at 1" which is providedwith the supporting flange 2 resting upon theuppe'r edge of the case 6*. The pan 1 is not. provided with cups or caps such as seen-at 3 in Fig.1, but instead are provided with mere annular collars 3" adapted to accommodate the neck or upper portions of the respective bottles 5 which rest upon th'e crossed wire support 7 of the case. 'Each bottle 5 in this embodiment is preferably provided with the crimped metal cap 4 which absolutely insures against access by the heating water to the contents of the respective bottles. In this embodiment the operation is carried out exactly like the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 1 except that the upper ends of the bottles are not protected by the pan since they are protected by the crimped caps and therei such lower bottle; and so on down throughout the series.

Afterthe milk has been fully pasteurized, the valves 33 and 34 are closed, and the valve 12 is turned forflcutting ofi pipe 10 and opening communication tovalve 15, which latter valve is turned to afford communication'through pipe 13, to tank 14,. the valve 18 remaining closed. The valves 25 and 26 are then opened and the warm water is allowedto descend over the bottles in exactly the same manner as the hot water but only for sufiicient time for reducing the temperature so as not to endanger the bottles when the cold water is turned on. When the desired reduction has been efiected, the valves 33 and 34 are closed, and valve 15 is turned to out 01f communication'with branch 13 and to afiord communication with valve 18, which latter valveisopened to afiord'communication through vpipe 16' to tank 17.

. Thereupon the valves 40- and 41 are opened and the cooling agent delivered in exactly the same manner as the heating agent was this is continued until the milk is ready for service. The cases are delivered, and

then removed and may be placed in wagons for immediate delivery of the milk.

It is, of course, perfectly obvious that the present invention appertainsto the pasteurization of any substance adapted to be pasteurized, and where the term milk is employed it is only illustrative; Furthermore, the operation as above stated is merely that incident to a very short operation or when first starting, it being preferable as soon as the liquid in tank 14 has become [somewhat heated by the heat from the is. ceptacles which it has been cooling to ems, ploy-the liquid from tank 1e as the initial heating medium. That is to say, after the operation has been carried out sufficiently ing liquid from tank 14 the stack arrives beneath one ofthe pipes.

I through the respective pipe 27' for appreciably raising the temperature of the liquid in tank-14; the operation will cone sist in first supplying liquid from tank 14; to the stacks of cases, then supplying-liquid from the tankv 11 thereto, then again supplya (after: .paste rizaa tion has-been completed), and finally sup lying the cooling liquid Thus the liquid in tank 14 is employed as a heating liquid for the cold receptacles and as a cooling liquid for the hot receptacles,

whereby it is unnecessary to. provide any means for maintaining the contents of tank 14 warm. Byway of further illustrating this double use of the warming liquid, I have illustrated in Fig. 5 an extremely de sirable embodiment in which 8 indicates asupporting platform which is rotatably mounted on a circular track or turntable 8". -Mounted on the platform 8 or on suitable gratings sustained thereby are the stack; of

cases 6. It will be observed thatfour stacks of cases are shown, but obviously anymule... tiple thereof-may. beprovided. A] pipe 27' leads from a: tank similar to tank 14 to a. point above each of two of thestacks 6, the

two pipes 27" being diametrically opposite each. other, and the stack; 6- at one side of the diametrical linethus represented is sup-.

plied with hot water throu h pipe 19 and the other stack 6 is supplie withrefrigerating water through a pipe 37 1 stack of cases 6 on platform 8 beneath pipe 37. and then rotatingthe platform 8? until 27 The warm water is then turned on and the'supe ply is continued until the temperature ofthe receptacles is raised sufliciently to obviate danger of breakage from the higher temperature. While this is going on, a second stack of cases 6 is being applied to the platform 8' beneath the pipe 37', and

from tank 17;

The opera; tion ofthis device consists in supplying a then the platform 8 is revolved so as to bringithe first'stack beneath the hetwater pipe 19' and. to. bring the second stack 'beneath the respective pipe 27. The warm water is continued to' be sup-pliedthrough 1 the pipe 27 and the hot water is turned on through the pipe 19'. The supply through pipe 19' is maintained until perfect pasteurization is attained, and iii the meantime a third stack of cases is supplied to the plat- 4 form 8' beneath pipe 37,

plpe '19 is maintained continuously, the liquid from the two pipes 27 being collected 11 the. Same receptacle, that portion of the liquid which passes down over the hot receptaclfl serving to raise theytemperature of the warm water and that passing down over the fresh'receptacles tending tov lower the temperature thereof so as to eifect a substantial balance and gain the saving in heat units incident toutilizing the heat given'ofi-by the hotreceptacles in warming the fresh or cool r ceptacles. Y

. When the desired pasteurization has been-- accomplished with respect to .the. second rstaclr a fourth stack having in the mean time been supplied to -the. platform 8 be neath pipe. 37 the platform 8: is revolyed, for the first stack beneathp pe 3Z,-the f rth stack beneath one of the pipes ice 2.7",t1 e Se nd stack ben a -Pi i' 27', andthe third 'stackbeneath the pipe 19-",[ Thejcoolin agent is then turne on through pipe 37. andv maintained until theseveral receptacles and their contents have been cooled and renderedready-fordelivcry, "Thereupon the first stack isv removed and. a new stack is supplied to the platform 8 .beneath'the pipe .37.", In the meantime, the third stack will have been subjected to:

the pasteurizing operation, the se ond; stack reduced in temperature preparatory for.

cooling by the refrigerating agent and the fourthetack heated preparatory to receiv. ing the pasteurizing temperature. After.

the pasteurization of the. third .aaa x he platform 8' is again revolved tobring. a

fresh stack beneath one of the pipes 27',

the otherstacks continuing in -the rotati0m 7 above named, and the operation being come pletedcontinuously in the successive stepslf of warming,- heating to pasteurization, cooling, andv finally refrigerating. I The supply through the pipes 27' and 19' 1s, therefore,

continuous, but the supply through pipe 37 is intermittent, being turned off when a new stack is to be applied to the platform 8 and turned on again when the platform 1s revolved for bringing a stack from beneath tion.

WhatI claim is 1. In an apparatus for pasteurizing substances while in containers, a pan or trough .for' distributing the pasteurizing agent upon the containers, said pan or trough having openings, in its bottom, through which the tops of the containers may project, and formed to deliver the pasteurizing liquid directly upon the sides of'the containers.

2. In p'asteurizing apparatus, a panadapted to deliver pasteurizing fluid. t0 receptacles, the bottom ofthe pan being formed with apertures each adapted to have the upper portion of a receptacle introducedtherethrough, and each of such apertures being formed for enabling the discharge ofliquid from the pan'substantially horizontally about the outer surface-of the respective. receptacle.

3. In pasteurlzing apparatus, a pan hav-' ing openings in its bottom adapted to ac= commodate therein upper portions of receptacles, the openings being proportioned to snugly surround the respective receptacles and to permit access of the liquid from the pan to the body of each of the receptacles, the liquid discharging laterally from the pan upon the sides of the receptacles and descending over the bodies of the receptacles in the form of a thin sheet.

4. In pasteurizing apparatus, a pan adapt ed to have upper portions of receptacles extended through its bottom, the pan being formed with an apertured bottom for accommodating such upper portions of the receptacles, and the apertures being formed for enabling the discharge of liquid fromthe pan substantially horizontally about the outer surfaces of the receptacles, and-means for sustaining the pan out of contactwith I the receptacles.

5. In pasteurizingapparatus,-..a-pan having a series of caps "upstanding; from the bottom of'th'e pan, each having its lower end open for accommodating tlie upper end portion of a receptacle within the respective cap the side walls of the cap being apertured for admitting liquid from the pan to the outer surfaces of the receptacle.

6. In pasteurizing apparatus, a pan having a series of caps upstanding from the bottom of the pan, each having its lower end openfor accommodating the upper end portion of a receptacle within the respective cap, the side walls of thecap being apertured for admitting liquid from the pan to I the outer surfaces of the receptacle, the ex treme upper portion of each cap being imperforate and belng adapted to surround the extreme upper portion of its respective.-

receptacle.

7. In pasteurizing apparatus, a pan having caps upstanding from its bottom, each cap having its lowerend open for accommodating the upper end portion of a receptacle, the side walls of the cap being formed with V-shaped apertures for? admitting liquid from the pan to the outer surfaces of the receptacle. a

8. In pasteurizing apparatus, a pan adapted to surround upper portions of rec-eptacles, the pan being formed with an apertured bottom for accommodating such upper portions of the receptacles, and the apertures being formed for enabling the discharge of liquid from the pan substantially horizontally about the outer surfaces of the receptacles, and the bottom of the pan being formed with draining apertures disposed for discharging against portions of the receptacles.

9. In an'apparatus for pasteurizing substances while in containers, a liquid dis- ,tributer comprising a pan or trough and caps, the pan or trough formed with openings in its bottom through which the tops of the containers may project, and the caps extending upward from the bottom of the pan orytrough and covering said openings,

said distributor being also formed with perforations arranged to deliver the pasteurizing agent against the sides ofthe containers. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses. BENJAMIN D. WHITE.

Witnesses:

"J. EDWIN GILES," EDGAR M. KITGHIN. 

